Spain's rail services faced significant delays over a bank holiday weekend after the theft of signalling cable, which Transport Minister Oscar Puente described as a serious sabotage act. The theft affected over 10,000 travelers on the high-speed line between Madrid and Seville. Cable was stolen from four locations near Toledo. Authorities suspect the theft was targeted, as it appeared well-planned with no surveillance cameras present. Renfe's president echoed the minister's concerns, indicating that the theft could disrupt rail safety infrastructures.
This is a low-value theft... Whoever did it knew what they were doing because there were no cameras and the financial gain is absolutely negligible compared with the enormous damage.
The transport minister viewed the incident as damage rather than theft... it involved 150 metres of cable.
It's not great to have cable stolen from four different points and in both directions in one day... I'm sure the transport ministry and the police will be looking into this.
The theft of signalling cable on which the safety infrastructure depends is sabotage, even if it's just simple theft because it's an attack on the infrastructure itself.
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